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American Express and MasterCard credit cards are shown in Washington June 25, 2008. REUTERS/Jim Bourg (UNITED STATES)

Nowhere to hide for credit card companies

There's more debt than ever and fewer people are able to pay it. At least one analyst says, "It is hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel."   Full Article | Full Coverage 

Commentary: Credit cards unkindest cut for consumers: James Saft
Factbox: Consumer delinquencies
American Express and MasterCard credit cards are shown in Washington June 25, 2008. REUTERS/Jim Bourg (UNITED STATES)

Nowhere to hide for credit card companies

There's more debt than ever and fewer people are able to pay it. At least one analyst says, "It is hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel."   Full Article | Full Coverage 

Commentary: Credit cards unkindest cut for consumers: James Saft
Factbox: Consumer delinquencies

Year in Review

Sgt. William Olas Bee, a U.S. Marine from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, has a close call after Taliban fighters opened fire near Garmser in Helmand Province of Afghanistan May 18, 2008. The Marine was not injured. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Looking back at 2008

Our picks and yours of the top stories, pictures and videos of the year.   Full Coverage 

Investing

Traders work on the main trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange early in the trading session December 9, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Doubts persist on HMO shares

Health insurer stocks may have rallied from rock-bottom lows, but analysts say issues that plagued the group last year are bound to resurface.  Full Article 

Hospital woes pose risk to medtech
Workers secure a steel beam at a construction site on 8th Avenue and 42nd Street in New York, April 21, 2008. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Who's next?

The auto industry’s $6 billion Christmas present from the government may have left other industries hoping that the giving season isn’t over yet. Who should the government bail out next?  Blog 

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Commodities

Commodity Last Pct Chg Trade Date/Time
Oil 47.04 +3.08% 02 Jan 2009 17:06 EST
Gold 879.2 -0.64% 01 Jan 2009 19:00 EST
Blogs: Environment
Topics: AIDS, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Blogs: Soccer
Trader Gregg Russo works on the floor of the New York Stock ExchangeSlideshowSlideshow 
Year in Business

A look back at the memorable moments from 2008 in the world of finance.  Slideshow 

Signs marking the entrance to Wall Street are seen in New York October 6, 2008.
Crisis in Credit

Follow the financial crisis using our interactive video timeline. Track the global impact on our interactive map.  Full Coverage 

A combination of sale signs displayed in shop windows on the last weekend before Christmas on London's Oxford Street
Signs of the Times

The global recession manifests itself in big and small ways, most gloomy, some quirky and often reflecting the inventive human spirit.   Factbox 

Send us your signs of the times

Pictures

Japanese monkeys gather to soak in a hot spring at a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan January 2, 2009. REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoSlideshowSlideshow 
Pictures of the Week

Senior photographer Peter Jones on 13 pictures that caught his eye this week.  Audio Slideshow 

Video

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Gaza assaults spark global backlash

Jan 03 - Israel's military offensive in Gaza ignites an interational wave of protests.  Play Video

 
Israel denies humanitarian crisis
Bomber targets Sunni gathering
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